Cabinet
Also titled Kabinet
André-Charles Boulle (Paris, 1642–1732)
c. 1670 - c. 1675
- Medium
- tortoise shell, bronze (metal), lapis lazuli (rock), ebony (wood), copper (metal), gilding (material), tin (metal), horn (animal material), brass (alloy), oak (wood)
- Classification
- case furniture
- Dimensions
- height 189 cm x width 129.5 cm x depth 62.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Fonds
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
This may be the earliest-known masterpiece by Boulle, the most celebrated cabinetmaker of his time. Boulle perfected the technique of floral marquetry in various woods. The gilt-bronze armorial trophy above the middle door originally contained a portrait of Louis XIV. It was replaced with a likeness of King George I of England (1660–1727).
